Timothy Silver is professor of history at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. His previous publications include A New Face on the C...
Ron Rash: One Foot in Eden
The book impressed the selection committee, not only with its captivating story line, but also because Rash's voice lends such authenticity to the sto...
Virginia Holdman: Rescuing Patty Hearst
Virginia Holman grew up in rural and central Virginia. She has edited for Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and taught creative writing in public schools...
Gwendoline Fortune: Growing Up Nigger Rich
Born in Houston, Texas, Gwendoline Y. Fortune grew up hearing stories of her "mixed blood" heritage: a free-born black great-grandfather, Native Ameri...
Reynolds Price:A Serious Way of Wondering
Among Reynolds Price's thirty-five volumes of fiction, poetry, plays, essays and translations are many works of religious inquiry that explore topics ...
Haven Kimmel: The Solace of Leaving Early
Haven Kimmel's irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. This Durham native with ...